New KC-46 Problem Arises As USAF Clears Tanker For More Operations

Brian Everstine June 15, 2022
KC-46 taking off from a Guam airfield
A KC-46 participated in Exercise Cope North 22 in Guam in February, one of the limited operations for which the Air Force has cleared the tanker.
Credit: Master Sgt. Amy Picard/U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is using the Boeing KC-46A refueling tanker operationally years before a formal declaration of readiness and notwithstanding a new delay in a fix for the aircraft’s serious problems. The Air Force expects the tanker to become fully operational after an overhaul of the Remote...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

New KC-46 Problem Arises As USAF Clears Tanker For More Operations is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers.

Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive critical analysis into emerging trends, technological advancements, operational best practices and continuous updates to policy, requirements and budgets.

Already a subscriber to AW&ST or AWIN? Log in with your existing email and password.

Subscribe    Log in    

Related Content

916th Airlift Wing Boeing KC-46A
How One U.S. Air Force Unit Is Standing Up KC-46 Operations
KC-46 refueling aircraft
KC-46 Faces A New Problem In Path To Remote Vision System Approval
KL test infogram article
Data Snapshot: Asia-Pacific Military Spending Forecast
Korea Aerospace KF-21
Asia’s Great Push Toward Defense Modernization
Aviation Week Intelligence Network
Monitor the market and connect your business to the people, programs and proprietary data driving the Aerospace & Defense market - only available with AWIN.

ASD_AWIN_thumbnail_270

Stay Connected.
Stay Informed
Grow Your Business.

Learn How